Name the admin account the way the docs do

createsuperuser was given admin, but the documented default user is archivebox -
which is what 0.7.4 produced, because its expect block sent an empty username and
Django then fell back to the OS user the command ran as.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -548,10 +548,16 @@ Exercise vigilance regarding copycat or coat-tailing sites that seek to exploit
 
 ## 2026-09-25
 
+### 🚀 Updated Scripts
+
+  - #### 🔧 Refactor
+
+    - Docker-LXC: remove Portainer installation from install [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#17493](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/17493))
+
 ### 💾 Core
 
-  - tel: report progress from installs only, not updates [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#72](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/72))
-- incus: do not let an install script block on an invisible prompt [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#71](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/71))
+  - incus: do not let an install script block on an invisible prompt [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#71](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/71))
+- tel: report progress from installs only, not updates [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#72](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/72))
 
 ## 2026-09-24
 

ct/archivebox.sh

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var_cpu="${var_cpu:-2}"
 var_ram="${var_ram:-1024}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-8}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
-var_version="${var_version:-12}"
+var_version="${var_version:-13}"
 var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"
 
@@ -31,24 +31,61 @@ function update_script() {
     exit
   fi
 
-  NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="@postlight/parser@latest,single-file-cli@latest" setup_nodejs
-  PYTHON_VERSION="3.13" setup_uv
+  NODE_VERSION="22" setup_nodejs
+  setup_uv
 
-  ensure_dependencies chromium
+  ensure_dependencies chromium ripgrep tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-eng imagemagick ffmpeg unzip wget
 
   msg_info "Stopping Service"
   systemctl stop archivebox
   msg_ok "Stopped Service"
 
-  msg_info "Upgrading Playwright"
-  $STD uv pip install playwright --system --break-system-packages
-  $STD playwright install-deps chromium
-  msg_ok "Upgraded Playwright"
+  # Earlier installs used python3.11, which caps ArchiveBox at 0.7.4.
+  if [[ ! -x /opt/archivebox/venv/bin/archivebox ]]; then
+    msg_info "Moving ArchiveBox to its own Python 3.13 environment"
+    # The distro interpreter first: a uv-managed one lands where the service user cannot exec it.
+    local py="/usr/bin/python3.13"
+    if [[ ! -x "$py" ]]; then
+      ensure_dependencies python3.13 || true
+    fi
+    if [[ ! -x "$py" ]]; then
+      $STD uv python install --install-dir /opt/archivebox/python 3.13
+      py="$(UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR=/opt/archivebox/python uv python find 3.13)"
+    fi
+    $STD uv venv --python "$py" /opt/archivebox/venv
+    # Keep whatever port this container already answers on, or a reverse proxy in front
+    # of it would silently stop resolving.
+    local port
+    port="$(awk -F: '/^ExecStart=/ {print $NF}' /etc/systemd/system/archivebox.service 2>/dev/null)"
+    [[ "$port" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || port=5797
+    cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/archivebox.service
+[Unit]
+Description=ArchiveBox Server
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=archivebox
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/archivebox/data
+ExecStart=/opt/archivebox/venv/bin/archivebox server 0.0.0.0:${port}
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+    msg_ok "Moved ArchiveBox to its own Python 3.13 environment (port ${port})"
+  fi
 
   msg_info "Updating ArchiveBox"
+  $STD uv pip install --python /opt/archivebox/venv/bin/python --upgrade archivebox
+  chown -R archivebox:archivebox /opt/archivebox
+  # Without this a shell still reaches the old 0.7.4 entry point against a 0.9 collection.
+  ln -sf /opt/archivebox/venv/bin/archivebox /usr/local/bin/archivebox
   cd /opt/archivebox/data
-  $STD uv pip install --system --break-system-packages --upgrade --no-reinstall archivebox
-  sudo -u archivebox archivebox init
+  $STD sudo -u archivebox /opt/archivebox/venv/bin/archivebox init
+  # npm refuses the git dependency behind @postlight/parser, so treat extractors as optional.
+  $STD sudo -u archivebox /opt/archivebox/venv/bin/archivebox install ||
+    msg_warn "Some extractors stayed unavailable - ArchiveBox runs without them"
   msg_ok "Updated ArchiveBox"
 
   msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -65,4 +102,4 @@ description
 msg_ok "Completed successfully!\n"
 echo -e "${CREATING}${GN}${APP} setup has been successfully initialized!${CL}"
 echo -e "${INFO}${YW}Access it using the following URL:${CL}"
-echo -e "${GATEWAY}${BGN}http://${IP}:8000/admin/login${CL}"
+echo -e "${GATEWAY}${BGN}http://${IP}:5797/admin/${CL}"

ct/docker.sh

@@ -73,5 +73,3 @@ description
 
 msg_ok "Completed successfully!\n"
 echo -e "${CREATING}${GN}${APP} setup has been successfully initialized!${CL}"
-echo -e "${INFO}${YW} Portainer is available as a separate addon. Install it with:${CL}"
-echo -e "${GATEWAY}${BGN}bash -c \"\$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/tools/addon/portainer.sh)\"${CL}"

install/archivebox-install.sh

@@ -14,63 +14,57 @@ network_check
 update_os
 
 msg_info "Installing Dependencies"
+# ArchiveBox resolves these through its env provider, so it never has to reach for apt itself.
 $STD apt-get install -y \
   git \
-  expect \
-  libssl-dev \
-  libldap2-dev \
-  libsasl2-dev \
   procps \
   dnsutils \
+  chromium \
   ripgrep \
-  chromium
+  tesseract-ocr \
+  tesseract-ocr-eng \
+  imagemagick \
+  ffmpeg \
+  unzip \
+  wget \
+  python3.13
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
-msg_info "Installing Python Dependencies"
-$STD apt-get install -y \
-  python3-ldap \
-  python3-msgpack \
-  python3-regex
-msg_ok "Installed Python Dependencies"
-
-NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="@postlight/parser@latest,single-file-cli@latest" setup_nodejs
-PYTHON_VERSION="3.13" setup_uv
-
-msg_info "Installing Playwright"
-$STD uv pip install playwright --system --break-system-packages
-$STD playwright install-deps chromium
-msg_ok "Installed Playwright"
+# No NODE_MODULE: 0.9 pulls single-file and readability itself, and postlight-parser is gone.
+NODE_VERSION="22" setup_nodejs
+setup_uv
 
 msg_info "Installing ArchiveBox"
-mkdir -p /opt/archivebox/{data,.npm,.cache,.local}
+mkdir -p /opt/archivebox/data
 $STD adduser --system --shell /bin/bash --gecos 'Archive Box User' --group --disabled-password --home /home/archivebox archivebox
-chown -R archivebox:archivebox /opt/archivebox/{data,.npm,.cache,.local}
-chmod -R 755 /opt/archivebox/data
-$STD uv pip install archivebox --system --break-system-packages
-cd /opt/archivebox/data
-expect <<EOF
-set timeout -1
-log_user 0
-
-spawn sudo -u archivebox playwright install chromium
-spawn sudo -u archivebox archivebox setup
-
-expect "Username"
-send "\r"
-
-expect "Email address"
-send "\r"
-
-expect "Password"
-send "community-scripts.org\r"
-
-expect "Password (again)"
-send "community-scripts.org\r"
-
-expect eof
-EOF
+# The distro interpreter: a uv-managed one lands where the service user cannot execute it.
+$STD uv venv --python /usr/bin/python3.13 /opt/archivebox/venv
+$STD uv pip install --python /opt/archivebox/venv/bin/python archivebox
+ln -sf /opt/archivebox/venv/bin/archivebox /usr/local/bin/archivebox
+chown -R archivebox:archivebox /opt/archivebox
 msg_ok "Installed ArchiveBox"
 
+msg_info "Initializing ArchiveBox"
+cd /opt/archivebox/data
+$STD sudo -u archivebox /opt/archivebox/venv/bin/archivebox init
+$STD sudo -u archivebox env \
+  DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME=archivebox \
+  DJANGO_SUPERUSER_EMAIL=archivebox@archivebox.local \
+  DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=community-scripts.org \
+  /opt/archivebox/venv/bin/archivebox manage createsuperuser --noinput
+# Without a pinned canonical URL the admin greets every visitor with a red banner.
+$STD sudo -u archivebox /opt/archivebox/venv/bin/archivebox config --set "BASE_URL=http://$(get_ip):5797"
+msg_ok "Initialized ArchiveBox"
+
+msg_info "Installing Extractors"
+# One unreachable extractor must not sink the install: @postlight/parser pulls a git
+# dependency that npm refuses, and readability covers the same job.
+if $STD sudo -u archivebox /opt/archivebox/venv/bin/archivebox install; then
+  msg_ok "Installed Extractors"
+else
+  msg_warn "Some extractors stayed unavailable - ArchiveBox runs without them"
+fi
+
 msg_info "Creating Service"
 cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/archivebox.service
 [Unit]
@@ -80,7 +74,7 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 User=archivebox
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/archivebox/data
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/archivebox server 0.0.0.0:8000
+ExecStart=/opt/archivebox/venv/bin/archivebox server 0.0.0.0:5797
 Restart=always
 
 [Install]

install/docker-install.sh

@@ -14,27 +14,7 @@ network_check
 update_os
 
 setup_deb_based() {
-  PORTAINER_AGENT_LATEST_VERSION=$(get_latest_github_release "portainer/agent")
-
   setup_docker
-
-  if prompt_confirm "${TAB3}Would you like to install Portainer (UI) via the community-scripts addon?" "n" 60; then
-    bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/tools/addon/portainer.sh)" <<<"y"
-  else
-    read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to install the Portainer Agent (for remote management)? <y/N> " prompt_agent
-    if [[ ${prompt_agent,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
-      msg_info "Installing Portainer Agent $PORTAINER_AGENT_LATEST_VERSION"
-      $STD docker run -d \
-        -p 9001:9001 \
-        --name portainer_agent \
-        --restart=always \
-        -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-        -v /var/lib/docker/volumes:/var/lib/docker/volumes \
-        portainer/agent
-      msg_ok "Installed Portainer Agent $PORTAINER_AGENT_LATEST_VERSION"
-    fi
-  fi
-
   read -r -p "${TAB3}Expose Docker TCP socket (insecure) ? [n = No, l = Local only (127.0.0.1), a = All interfaces (0.0.0.0)] <n/l/a>: " socket_choice
   case "${socket_choice,,}" in
   l)
@@ -89,8 +69,6 @@ setup_alpine() {
     curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/"$1"/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name":' | cut -d'"' -f4
   }
   DOCKER_COMPOSE_LATEST_VERSION=$(get_latest_release "docker/compose")
-  PORTAINER_AGENT_LATEST_VERSION=$(get_latest_release "portainer/agent")
-
   read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Docker Compose? <y/N> " prompt
   if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
     msg_info "Installing Docker Compose $DOCKER_COMPOSE_LATEST_VERSION"
@@ -100,24 +78,6 @@ setup_alpine() {
     chmod +x "$DOCKER_CONFIG"/cli-plugins/docker-compose
     msg_ok "Installed Docker Compose $DOCKER_COMPOSE_LATEST_VERSION"
   fi
-
-  if prompt_confirm "${TAB3}Would you like to install Portainer (UI) via the community-scripts addon?" "n" 60; then
-    bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/tools/addon/portainer.sh)" <<<"y"
-  else
-    read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add the Portainer Agent? <y/N> " prompt
-    if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
-      msg_info "Installing Portainer agent $PORTAINER_AGENT_LATEST_VERSION"
-      $STD docker run -d \
-        -p 9001:9001 \
-        --name portainer_agent \
-        --restart=always \
-        -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-        -v /var/lib/docker/volumes:/var/lib/docker/volumes \
-        portainer/agent
-      msg_ok "Installed Portainer Agent $PORTAINER_AGENT_LATEST_VERSION"
-    fi
-  fi
-
   read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to expose the Docker TCP socket? <y/N> " prompt
   if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
     msg_info "Exposing Docker TCP socket"
@@ -129,7 +89,6 @@ setup_alpine() {
 }
 
 run_os_setup
-
 motd_ssh
 customize
 cleanup_lxc